marcus.io

Blog

  1. Accessible Overflow

    One major tenet of web accessibility is that users have various strategies to operate your website. While still too many web developers aren't able to name input modes beyond pointer devices (mouse and touch), properly covering keyboard accessibility will get you the … Read more

  2. Checking Windows High Contrast Mode on a Mac for free

    If you are familiar with web accessibility you know that visual disabilities are both prevalent and multifaceted at the same time. It follows that one of the cornerstones of accessibility is making a page adaptable or allowing it to stay adaptable. When you think of … Read more

  3. My 2020

    Already in the last end-of-year blog posts, I have focused on the positives rather than the negatives. And if I hadn't already done so in past yearly reviews, I would start this year. This time of the year has enough 2020 retrospectives that are more or less garbage … Read more

  4. The magical construction office

    Imagine you are planning to build a house. You managed to secure a property (and people tell you that it's relatively easy, compared with years ago), but you are aware that this is only the first step towards the dream of owning a house. But then somebody approaches … Read more

  5. Making RSS more visible again with a /feeds page

    A few years ago you could easily tell if a page offered an RSS feed. Browsers (at least good ones) had a feed symbol close to their location bar, and if you were really lucky (or used a really good browser), that indicator was even a button, empowering you to subscribe … Read more